Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-30
ENGLISH POLITICS.
Churchill's Movements the Center of
Attraction.

ENGLISH POLITICS.
Churchill's Movements the Center of
Attraction.
tCopW'ight 1887 by james Gordon Bennett.l
LONDON, Oct. 29.-[New York Herald
Cable-Special to the BEE. THE London
correspondents of provincial and American
papers have been very busy the past week
in reconstructing the ministry and disposing
of public men according to their idea Of pro-
priety In these numerous efforts the imag-
inatlon has not been even lucky guess
The gentleman who sent Churchill to Canada
might as well have sent him to the moon. No
such offer was made or thought of. With
Churchilrs great popularity and parliament
ary infuence-both unequalled in the
conservative party-it is not very likely that
he would give up grand career
here for a respectable exile to Canada
Regarding his poverey so much dwelt on
it is all rubbish. He manages to eke out a
very tolerable existence. There is nothing
in his circumstances to call for public sub
scription just at present-not by any means
so eager for Office is his party to get him back
AS for Harrington, my previous statement
remains accurate His views, as expressed
to an intimate friend, are as follows Moth
ing can justify his final severance from his
party but some new emergency of very
grave character. He did not take Office when
the ministry was first formed because he felt
that it was better to fight the battle out
within the ranks of the party which he led
in the house from 1875 to 1880, during Glad
stones retirement. Nothing has occurred
since then to change his conception of duty
Only great alteration for the worse in the
position of the ministry could warrant him
in taking the final plunge of crossing the
floor of the house to join the tory ministry
These opinions were put before Salisbury
who has tried to shake them, but in vain. A
new danger may doubtless arise at any
moment. In that case Harrington would
yield and a totally different ministry would
be formed upon lines already shadowed
forth in these dispatches. Probably Lord
Salisbury would gladly seize that oppor-
tunity to retire altogether. Harrington
would then become prime minister Churchill
chancellor of the exchequer and leader of
the house and Goschen foreign secretary,
with many other changes, but all this is an
affair of the future. One thing is certain
and that is that Churchill must return to the
ministry before the session opens or there
will be great outcry in the country.
If any immediate reconstruction was i'm
pending Chamberlain would not have
quilted England just now Be
fore leaving London last Tuesday
he told several friends that the ministry
would rub along till January. He did not see
any cause to anticipate important changes
AS for the threats directed against himself,
he made light of them. He said that in Amer
To- 1a,r h ;,,
jority. No threats of assassination should
deter any one from becoming their guest
''Some things l have spoken may have been
misunderstood, but in the main neither Can
adams nor Americans can doubt my earnest
desire to come to settlement of the
fisheries question on terms fair and
honorable to both countries" A
friend having again required to
the threat received, Chamberlain
quietly said: "All right. l am not SO fond of
life that should desire to keep it by running
away from duty. But don't believe a bit
in the threats" The public generally re-
spect his decision, and with regard to the
statement, more than once repeated, that no.
body but staunch Gladstonian is acceptable
at Washington, they still refuse to believe
that the American people side with any par
ticular faction in English politics. Chamberlain
left the ever-faithful Jesse Collins to look
after his interests. Poor Jesse will feel like
rold hen without her chicks. The warfare
against Chamberlain has been much sharper
than against all the rest of the liberal union
lists put together, but if he has received some
hard knocks he has returned them with COM
pound interest, and can always point to Glad
stone out Of office as a tangible result of his
work
/ have had some conversation with EVELYN,
the retiring member for Deptford. He told
me that many of his friends were angry with
him for resigning, but his views of the situa-
ton left him no option. Salisburys
going in tooth and nail for the coercion
affair at Mitchellstown seemed to him quite
unjustifiable. He regretted that Churchill
supported the government instead of striking
out line of his own. He could not see how
he could hold his seat with decided conyic-
tion against.the policy of the government.
He said his constituency had put no pressure
upon him whatever. He had acted spon-
taneously. II is only fair to state that no
other member of the conservative party
shares his opinions, although several had
quite resolved not to offer themselves for re-
election.
A storm is rafting briskly round the
ears of Matthews for allowing the
mobs to resume their meetings in Trafal-
gar square. The grotesque thing is that
Stead, hitherto Matthew's bitterest enemy
is now his only defender. The people gener-
ally say that Matthews might resign not
knowing his own duties and not allowing the
police to discharge theirs. Business has
been cut up severely by the daily professions
and meetings. Americans, who much fire.
quent the hotels of this quarter, are all run
ming away, the shops are deserted and trades
men find orders falling off. This seems a
queer way of improving the position of the
unemployed. Great preparations have been
made to prevent a renewal tomorrow
of last Sundays scandalous scenes in
Westminster abbey. Indignation is every
where stirred by Canon Brothers letter
stating that the mob used the vaults of the
abbey as urinals. Those who demand un-
limited license for the mob and cry, 'Down
with the policeln think this is going a trife
too far. These eXcesses will reach against
the party which encourage them Tomorrow
the military will be called out if necessary to
protect the abbey from sacrilege revolving
to all classes of people.
Rather strong advocacy of the claims of